diff --git a/service/incident_service.go b/service/incident_service.go
index affd079..6d0ba4f 100644
--- a/service/incident_service.go
+++ b/service/incident_service.go
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ func (i *incidentService) UpdateIncident(c *gin.Context) {
 
 	err := utils.ValidateUpdateIncidentRequest(updateIncidentRequest, userEmail)
 	if err != nil {
-		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, common.ErrorResponse(err, http.StatusBadRequest, nil))
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, common.ErrorResponse(err, http.StatusBadRequest, nil))
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/service/utils/validations.go b/service/utils/validations.go
index 587e4e5..b2f6031 100644
--- a/service/utils/validations.go
+++ b/service/utils/validations.go
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ func ValidateUpdateIncidentRequest(request service.UpdateIncidentRequest, userEm
 	if request.MetaData != emptyMetaData && (request.MetaData.CustomerId == uuid.Nil || request.MetaData.PhoneNumber == "" || request.MetaData.CrmTicketCreationTime == nil || request.MetaData.TicketId == "" || request.MetaData.TicketGroup == "" || request.MetaData.AgentName == "") {
 		return errors.New("metadata should contain customer id, phone number and crm ticket creation time")
 	}
+	if len(request.Justification) > 100 {
+		return errors.New("justification should not be more than 100 characters long")
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }